7:49 PM,
Feb. 1, 2013

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A bipartisan coalition between Senate Republicans and a group of breakaway Democrats has so far held together and produced the gun-control bill signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo last month.

The Senate bond will be tested on a host of thorny issues during the legislative session, which runs through June. They include whether to increase the minimum wage, expand abortion rights and decriminalize small amounts of marijuana.